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PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Regarding the 55 SWF relay, not only does it not have the "6 Volt 2X20 Watt" stamped on the back of the mounting bracket, but it also does not have the "Typ:" and "BGB/51" script on the front of the bakelite below the "Made in Germany" script.

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Does anyone knnow what these might go to? Ghia? The mounting bracket is originally straight - not bent.

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Both are 55's.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't know Kurt, but I have one with the red paint too. Never figured out what it was used in.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What about the three terminal one, John? Any ideas?
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Suboval wrote:
What about the three terminal one, John? Any ideas?


No clue on that one, and I think I have one of those too. Puzzling because the missing terminal is the ground, and you can't get ground via the bracket because of the big grommet.

The ground, BTW is only needed for the speedometer bulb in the speedo pod as the indicator bulb in it is switched on the ground side, and tied to hot (all the bulbs there are actually, oil and gen lights too). So this flasher could be used in some other car which did not have the same type of flasher indicator setup in the speedo. One whose bulb was tied to ground and switched on the hot side (like the turn signal bulbs outside the car) would not need a ground connection on the flasher.

Ever seen the SHO bakelite flasher? I have one but it is packed away at the moment....
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SHO? That would be kewl to see!

Here's the Fixlight:

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The SHO I have is VERY similar in appearance to that. I'll post a pic of it when I unpack it. I am renovating my office an all my "museum" vintage parts are packed away right now...
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Suboval wrote:
Does anyone knnow what these might go to? Ghia? The mounting bracket is originally straight - not bent.

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Both are 55's.


They are not Ghia. Ghias used the same ones as Beetles.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 2:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think the straight bracket is for Bus.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Suboval wrote:
Regarding the 55 SWF relay, not only does it not have the "6 Volt 2X20 Watt" stamped on the back of the mounting bracket, but it also does not have the "Typ:" and "BGB/51" script on the front of the bakelite below the "Made in Germany" script.
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56-57 on left. 55 on right.

Here is what I believe to be an NOS bus flasher. date code CG (3/55). straight bracket. It has a sticker on top, which reads:
type:
BGB
6 Volt 3 X 15 Watt

I wonder if the sticker was present on all of the earlier style units?
also a difference is on the wattage.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

3 x 15 watt? Are there 3 turn signal bulbs per side on a bus???
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 11:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Does anyone happen to know what date codes were used on SWF parts (wiper motors) after 1968. I have wiper motors with date codes of 2F 54 and was wondering what year it was made. I know it was made in the '70's or '80's.
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PostPosted: Tue May 14, 2013 8:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

So correct me if Im wrong here but from what I have gathered this is a 1952 generator ??



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PostPosted: Tue May 14, 2013 10:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

october 52, from the conversion to 160 it seems it has been remanufactured later with parts from a 36hp generator?
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PostPosted: Wed May 15, 2013 8:29 am    Post subject: Trying to understand how to make sense of the date codes Reply with quote

Trying to understand how to make sense of the date codes on the buckets and the markings on the glass or lack of. I didn't include a photo of the top of the glass lenses, but they do have the VW logo.
I'm also wondering if I have the correctly matched chrome light bezels?
Please forgive me if I've incorrectly posted the photos. If so, I'll try again.

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PostPosted: Thu May 16, 2013 8:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

11N = Nov 1957
10M = Oct 1956

Date codes (if any) for Bosch lenses are cast into the lip at 12 o'clock, under the rubber gasket, and consist of a Roman numeral (for quarter) and letter (for year).
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PostPosted: Fri May 17, 2013 7:17 am    Post subject: Re: Trying to understand how to make sense of the date codes Reply with quote

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Trying to understand how to make sense of the date codes on the buckets and the markings on the glass or lack of. I didn't include a photo of the top of the glass lenses, but they do have the VW logo.
I'm also wondering if I have the correctly matched chrome light bezels?
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 5:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

On page 1 there is a set of pics and the question on the Z date code on a D shaped voltage regulator. The Z denotes 1944 a nice'n oldie The pre war date coding for Bosch started in 1920 at A. The post war date coding coincidently started at 1945 with A again.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 1:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just found this strange D shaped regulator with a flat top.

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It has an unusual writing that ends with 1Z
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Is that the date code? So january 1944?
But what is between the scew holes? That looks like an N?

Inside there is an extra condensator?
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From below a spiral (resistor?) that is also new to me.
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Is that a typical KdF aera part?
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 2:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's a wartime 90W regulator with the interference protection. 1Z on that place doens't mean date code. Could be from a stationary engine when has 90W. "N" could be the correct date code, maybe it's "Z"?
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